lifestyle
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The 10 best Aztec looks for your home – in picturesAztec style is big news this summer – here’s our pick of the best pieces
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Ask Alanis Morissette: why is my girlfriend so close to her ex?She has a loyalty, a history and a deep bond with her children and her ex, and it’s important for her to maintain this -
My mother is a hypochondriac and has tantrums like a toddlerI find it hard to cope with her behaviour but I put up with it because I can’t bear the guilt trips. Annalisa Barbieri advises a reader -
Exhausted? It’s time to focusWe act as if our attentional capacities are infinite. It turns out they aren’t
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Experience: I was misdiagnosed with MSMany people felt I should have been relieved or even ecstatic at this news. But all I could think about were all those years lost to a disease I didn’t have
talking points
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The world's longest pizzaThe world’s longest pizza was made in Naples and is 1.8km long. It was kneaded, topped and baked in six hours and eleven minutes on the Naples seafront
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Bringing the humble egg out of its shellAdding an egg makes a meal of the most basic of bowlfuls. Try it baked with sweet seasonal greens for a hearty brunch, or fried and perched atop a mound of spiced lentils
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Beach heaven: Sabrina Ghayour’s final mealMy last supper: The British-Iranian chef chooses a relaxed family party with plenty of seafood and definitely a break from cooking
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How to make roast pork with roast potatoes and a salsa verdeUnderstanding meat is a skill that comes with experience and engagemen. You do owe it to the beast to do its flavour justice with the right marinade ...
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The weekend cook: two great ways with asparagus – recipesIntending to eat your body weight in asparagus over the next six or seven weeks? Join the club
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Work it! Behind the catwalk with Karlie Kloss and Cara Delevingne – in picturesPhotographer Matt Lever has been shooting the backstage action at fashion shows for almost two decades – and has seen everything from frantic repairs to gatecrashing workmen
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From colonial gowns to Collette Dinnigan: how Australian fashion shook off its cultural cringeA comprehensive new exhibition, featuring more than 120 works from 90 designers, dramatically charts two centuries of elite clothing in Australia
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Paris fashion week autumn/winter 2016: the key shows – in picturesThe Observer fashion team rounds up the key collections and looks from the Paris autumn/winter 2016 shows
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Louis Vuitton in Paris: regenerating athleisureThe mighty luxury house’s Paris show aimed to reflect ‘the way women dress’ - and, remarkably, succeeded
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Stylewatch: Willow Smith at Chanel's Paris showChanel’s new ambassador looks like a superhero – and is just what the fashion label needs
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Interview with a Bookstore: Melbourne's Readings, the best bookshop in the worldThe people behind the independent Melbourne store that just won International Bookstore of the Year talk fostering local literature, great regulars and Australian book recommendations
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48 hours in Newcastle: buzzy by night, active by day and a great short breakSteel city loses industrial edge as it switches to tourism and creativity, with niche cocktail bars, craft and farmers markets and a thriving art scene
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Indigenous community lets tourists in on newly won Australian homelandIt took the Olkola 30 years to win rights to their land in north Queensland, but instead of mining, they will open it to visitors
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Indonesia beginners’ guide: Bali, Lombok, Java and FloresThis vast country’s 17,000 tropical islands would take years to explore. As a new direct flight from the UK to Indonesia launches, we pick things to do and see plus the best hotels and restaurants in four popular destinations
regulars
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ExperienceExperienceExperience: I was misdiagnosed with MSMany people felt I should have been relieved or even ecstatic at this news. But all I could think about were all those years lost to a disease I didn’t have
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Felicity Cloake's perfect recipesFelicity Cloake's perfect recipesHow to cook the perfect aloo gobiThis Punjabi potato and cauliflower curry is now a prized dish across India and Pakistan. But for the best texture, should the potatoes be waxy or floury? And which spices bring out its comforting warmth?
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Sali Hughes on beautySali Hughes on beauty'Beauty should be for everyone who wants it': Sali Hughes introduces her best buys for all agesFrom teenage spots to grey hair, there’s a product for every stage of your life
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Swipe right - online dating for the real worldSwipe right - online dating for the real worldAsk Eva says goodbye: seven lessons I learned from answering your questionsI’m signing off after more than a year of helping you swipe right (or not), but first, here’s what I learned from being your electronic agony aunt
advice
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Problem solvedProblem solvedMy mother is a hypochondriac and has tantrums like a toddlerI find it hard to cope with her behaviour but I put up with it because I can’t bear the guilt trips. Annalisa Barbieri advises a reader
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Private livesPrivate livesI love my partner deeply, but he is too controllingAt first I liked his dominating behaviour. Now, however, he has forbidden me to wear certain clothes, which makes me feel insecure and uneasy
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people
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I put a shell round myself to get through lifeThe Queen of Shops on Vesta curries, growing up in a large family – and the pain of losing both her parents as a teenager
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Chris Packham: ‘So I was sharing an ice cream in the park with my dogs…’A hatred of sprouts, a mug of blood with a Masai tribe and a physiological need for Indian meals – the naturalist shares his most memorable food experiences
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The restaurant king of HarlemBorn in Ethiopia, adopted in Sweden, star chef in America. Marcus Samuelsson cooked for the Obamas, now he’s coming to London. Plus, his grandmother’s classic meatball recipe
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The birth mother – people expect a level of penitence that I don’t haveAt school, friends’ mothers told me I had done the right thing, while their daughters stared, unable to think of anything to say
puzzles
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Crossword blogCrossword blogCrossword roundup: cryptic obituaries2016’s celebrity deaths are not abating, but the crossword world matches each with a tribute puzzle
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the big picture
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Beach heavenThe British-Iranian chef chooses a relaxed family party with plenty of seafood and definitely a break from cooking
Louisiana Republican's stripper joke an unamusing reality in state politics